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96 Ineacinne neauiry [No.1 shought ldo a beter plies job the way Tdi and Twas very interested in eis question Of pating the Working cass onthe screen, of bringing the working-class hing live in sneer fore than ‘we were geting on the soaphoxes of Glasgow Green. That wast god enough for me, the soapbox. You se, [worked ina factory down the ‘Gye, and I didee think that we could lve off platforms, platform relationships, And {shin I sw early the posblity of other forms. Of Course 1 wa interested i the Journalist form Bs of al hat the yellow newspaper form. Te alvays been imerested inthe yellow newspaper But then ofcourse Faherty was a turing point. Nanook hit Glasgow round about 1933, hk. {was om toi by 1924, that Bm could be temed into an nsrumet ofthe working class. rom then on, there wae no question of where one's day ly. Batt was amide that did't develop it Glasgow or in England, wae an den that developed in Amerie. Fspent thre Yeas, 1924 0 1927, bated ia Chicago, and I wae very concerned then with what wa happening (0 ‘he immigrants. There wa no question tha it stated out n'a plial conception,» pital sal enesption, Now you think of he cinema, the motion pcre, ound about the ‘vente, you havea tradition ct’ being used foe theatieal purposes find descoping gute big tradition in somedy and alo in theatical ‘shapes, trough people like DeMille and D.W. Gaifth and soon. You fr the we of she fm extending iato musial comedy when sound Somes along, Bet apare from enteraiment, dramatic enteraiiment, Yow have vey litle ae ofthe cinema's native and natral powers ~ for sample, i the matter of geting around. Theres nothing ke the ‘amera fo getting around. Thats what maker tig, the facts ‘an rave from pac to place Itcan se round cornet more o ls. It ‘an see upeays, dowaveay al the way round, fan pt a elesrope at thee a fens. Ica, of cours, lok through a creacope In over ‘worst capable ofan infinite variety of ebservations. Bain king the picture ofthe twenties, i had noe grea invaded the Hk of possiblies, There was a whole world undiscovered a whole ares of cinematic ostiblity undicovered. All we din documentary was we occpied (Oklahoma T sw thie thing. ( sw ete was a eritory completely lunoeeup. thowght 1 a going in for newspapers, but viously newspapers were ery expensive and I could’ see myself buying up a few newspapers. But hes were newspapers ~ a8 it were, the whole ye owe of ewsppes— ing for hing. The only hing aso sr financing Ando our the pret ce he locumentary wa that we ist goo Hollywod reengy eo sorrel cane tealistic cinema, to purposes, * ‘te Sout Ease Sues The Re nd Fl of Bish Davey: The Say of tn Green, Brey, ater f Cadre First Principles of Documentary JORN GRTERSON Jn this charac sy fe {se fom 1934-6 Grisso, who ever ke be pinned down, comes as close ashe ever did to o and meta ofthe Bish comma movement Fis ovine. (0) We belive that te cnemas apa fo pe around fr observing and seeing om fete can ecole new and vila fo. The stile ae hereoc ‘neigh ey nt lw They pooped weer aes aril backpounde,Docamenary wuld oeteape ae lig Scene and te Hg son 3) We bee tat te eel baie aco ad the eral or ae) snes a eter pal ee ‘een merpetation of te modern world They ge cere ge {and of material They ge ipower ove» aon Sod ac a {her vei poweofinerpretaion ver ove comple sad goose apeningn the rel we thane seo mndcas cone apne studio mechan secrete) ew that he aeeeled e Stores tha taken fom thera can te et foe ee Philosophies) than the aed arc, Speman aoe a Stel value om the seen Cems hast nena sharing the movement whith aon ha oreo te en smooth. abiraryretane seca reveal mone ee Iaximi pate in pce and ne Ado anne ee Ache ae itimac of brow and eect impo ee cen fan mean ofthe si, ad the yng inerpettion f manner of theatre of the manner of fairy tale. My ote ae for ws or feat ony the fool that has his eyes the ends ofthe eee ae . ‘Question of tery and. peastice apart, Flaherty illisteates bereer than SO imstfn fora yeas or wo maybe. He ives with his peopel the story istold ‘ou of hms) I must flow him in is Satmeon terse, Sesctption aid drama, shin we sal nd chat there aes ster kenny cof drama or, more accurately, ater forms of lm than the one he ooses; but itis importnt ro make the primary distinction between method which describes only the surace values of subject, tod the ieinod which more vapieiely veal the tethey at ie ee hocograph che natura if, but ou alo, by your juxtapotion of ‘deal create 28 interpretation of This final creative intention established several methods ae posible ‘You my, ike Hahery gofora tory fm, passing mike amcor, from the indivi othe enviconmest, tothe envionment rancenicl ‘or no tansended, tthe consegoen honours of heroam Or you ney. not be so interested inthe indi, You may think thatthe ident lite iso longer capable eross-ectionng ey You may heave an its partcuar belyacesare of no consequence in world whichcompleg ane impersonal forces command, and conclude that the indtideal og selfsufcient dramatic gure is outmoded, When Faherty tele you se itisa devilish noble thing to ight for ood ina widernen yov aya some justice, observe that you are more concered with ihe yoo ot eopl fighting for fod inthe mds of pleny, Wher he damp tention tothe fet tha Nanook' peat gravein ts upheld sg ood Sel igi in its down-poining bravery, you may, with some pone observe that no spear held however ely by theindidsl wile, the erany wales of international nate, Ince you may ie thar individualism isa yahoo tadsion largely response for or pres arch. ad deny at nee both he her of drat hrc Huey aed thcherofindecentones sudo) nahitease you will theron eens your drama in terms of some crostsestion of ely which wilson {stenally co-operative or mas ature of soi: evi the india tofind his honoursintheswoopofcretive sca locen in ether mend you ae lable 1 abandon the story frm, and seek, lke the mnery ‘xPonent of poetry and painting and prose, a matter and meth re ‘atsfactor othe mind and spt of he tne, Beri or the Symphony of «Cay nated the more modern fashion finding documentary material on one’s dovstes in eens which hive no novelty of the unknown, or romance of noble savage on coon landscapes to recommend them. I represened ml he return fom romance oral. Berlin was variously reported ax made by Rursmana, oc begun by sand frthed by Frendceralalyewas bepu-by Retsnan In smooth and finely tempo'd visual, atin rng through suburbs rorangs imo Bern. Whee, rl, ders of expas, telegraph wires, landscapes and other simple ages flowed along is prosesion, with similar abseats pasing occasionally in and oat of the general ‘movement. There Allowed + sequence of wach movements which, in thei cor ec, ceated very impoingly the ory ofa Belin day. The ‘ay began wth proceonal of worker, the fcrores gt under way, the sect led: che city’ forenoon became a hurl burly of tangled odes and sree ats. Tuese ws spite fo food: varios pie mith contrat of rch and poor The ety stated work again, and & ‘howe of eis in the afternoon became a considerable event. The cy topped work and, further tore hesieprocsiooal of pubs and bare tnd dancing es and illuminated shag, fished is day Infra the fas principally concemed with movements and the’ bulling of separate images into movements, Rattmann was iusied in cling a symphoay. Te meant a beak away ftom the story borrowed from literature, and from the play borrowed from the stage. lo eri cinema ewung along according ots own mare natural owes: creating detmati eect fom the tpo'd accumulation of Single observaions. Cavlcarts Rin ue ls Haures and Leger Bale Mécanique cate before Beri, each with a smilareempe combine images in an etoconallysasactory sequence of ovement. They were 00 sappy and bad not mastered che at of curing sffceaty trol to create the sense of arch? necenary to the gene. The Syeapbony of Becin Cry wat bot larger in ts movement and lege ‘There wat one cricim of rn which, ot of appreciation fora ne fm and a new and arestng frm, the es fled 0 make ad time has wot sid the omission. For all its ad of workmen ad factories tnd svi and sng of grat city, erin created nothing. Ox rater fit treated someting, it was that Shower of cha in he aternoon. The people of the city got up splendidly hey rumbled through tei fe tilon hoops mpesively they ened in, and no oer ae of Godot tip eee an ha en emarng ping oe on pope nd pavements Trg the ecm becaute Berk sil exter the mind of he young, andthe emphoay form il hei most popula persuasion, In iy sce: Gren on Donny Foryts Hach Faber nd Fiber endo, face Three aly sparen ia Quay spar ewe spseand 934 setnaros preset by the to, fay Sve ae symphonies of Ea Nit raf Sukeha-oro fac or o age aye = peo conto wrk =e ftv tthe eer ate ~hnch Kor and the sees apa —spon fit Saturday shemoon cra tein hte ll ance al Aad 0, not baving bape and Sorin ocd aout nrg Sed ag Eines the {Spit fx can and Eclchan vere pomer nie el, wan ‘SE cpl of Cp, insome way do ee rene exponen of ‘he documenary en “Thelin daly Sig, here iy smphoninn ra enough ‘ne ut py eyed dng petro eto tl, ele oe te higber echo ashe consonance het themakig ef ings Br te nalng of ie Sind tas he ro ton Cael epreiaton of movemer hey can bad eno hr oes ean poeta obser he) Gio bal om own peda heb oly bei hay toply ens ter observation na ther overt spool end Sorte end ‘inn decison gen abe cnt eters Exchoten For eat apes eh mat Se pauer ot posi of pron Paling her or bh nthe ihe Eee re meat at ti ocean per td pore "Thee hers koow th. They beer shat enuy wl coe in od tne ha hesement nhs Roner andl an Sepy ‘Erte whe ate en elt of inenbip “Tey ar soble snough to cone oft athe yo of of work done The Spponte eee tocps te b-patt ft ewan prt Fema be pot of at at ae fo the exon of obs of Sot ae ee pdstan bpngsh wat nay» reco ‘ifs wel lh laure ond see decadence. “Tene scl expony ake o elie ocuneniy« rubles deal a sod parttacin neie ou. The job of mum documestry ey in Compan: en nthe rete ble rovap aed) afar cfcomane sd the sso the yar {lead ten erecta pocay Theat vies ate een cared and can more enly be dared agin and no one wl ery hem bu ety acuerdo ad ie an inl cen hve et ali Joc wie jt as gone bei tnd whee moe ent rt pron fan areas observed segues ot nl bat lo tipetn wis soy vey bobo dept, ep / ‘pmpatinng reve cl ied. poetry where no poet has gone before it and where no ends, sufcent forthe purposes of art, te easy obsereed fe sequies not only ate it alka inspiaton, which ito say 2 very laborious, dep tecngs deep fympathningerestve efor indeed Seu: Gren om Dacmentary i Forth Hard, aber and Fae, onde sgh The atl orgy appeared in Cot Query in separ ree seticfeneieg wins sas wAtcur ay cecis rant Bas Weights Sou of Con (934) athe ff» hal of manic poe iy Gas Sncmeay meen Tchr ‘Sty ey spiced he pet, rs malay send ck dint croneetigs eat commie by te Goon Frepeund Darla ensrg anal tage of Gens tnoprrer Nt toe wo pres i commer ten e “cig Wp ns anogoue pet Bea one ke mre of et npr ome mires Weight gt) woe a te young inser in Cekrsn atthe Engi arcing Rosen ya. Se of Ccon feedneand Nii a wt Hany Wat ih os ay posic approach toa mendane sie od expensed een more [insu wh smal nd arate sacar: He conte ime amore dommes i te ye Tie noe wa Sonal 978 [cectLe stan: How did you happen to goto Ceylon 10 make a film, «an fl, abot Ceylo? ss wnt; While wat working fo Grom ew atkd it be Could tnd» tt Ceyon to make some ene lm aout the uy They she at yng the the Bish publ ih ic in th i nah whch wos rl pod The negro went thoy Sar tem off fo Ceylon wih one ssa 20 make fo one travelogue = we pers Movement 103 (8: At what point did you Kvow you were not going to make travelogues but were onthe road to something ele? 1: There are two answers to that qucation. The ist answer shat Aid know wile Iwas in Ceylon, ut only in my subeonscous, tr practical rer I didn't know Twas making this lm un Twas hack in England and had the trial on acing bench. Daring the shooting in Ceylon, 4 split the material into areas of acivity purely for convenience hd in mind to make one eaeloge bout fisheries, another waveloguc aboot harvesting, and vo. wat tothisscheme! was hooting, lly fica o explant, etl ‘he ime I was dong this, some inne impulse kept making me sho ‘ertain other things. ould’ forthe He of me realize wh, parsley at they were often very inconvenient ike the line ies tha iy up in the first rel, We'd ben working teemendously hard all day, fom easly mocing until he Wht hed practically gone. The cameras were all packed and put away and we were exhausted. Then Isa thit bed siting onthe branch of the tee showctted agains the ske and something old ne, "ve pot taht swat of birds must do rat once S01 sid to my collage, Jn ‘Taylor: ‘Unpack the case Put up te crsers on the ep lens, ‘Ande sid, "You must be mad: Is, dont care; you've Botta da it? Sob did ig and we weat on and on and eventually got those hos, We even lng stones athe birds besa they woulda’ when we wanted them to no idea what the shots were for uni egan crt the ln. Then | telze they were to go with some other shots which I sbsequenty| ‘ook, in which the earmers motes ery esi fom ne end to tie oer of some huge grant stares. Thats what they mere thete for Thi was one by eatin and in face Too he Rm oe bu My inner consciousness had Ben et of by te fae tha though a0 fercigious person, 1 was temendoutly moved and impreved hy Buddhist region which I had encountered an sce for the very Best time in Ceylon, 8 Did you serie anything, ora lof your shooting jst taking ‘what 9s could finda ym oud i 1 After we goto Ceylon we arcved on New Yeur' Dy, soit quite ay to calelate one's ime factors) I decided to spend atleast four ro rnexcinne neaerry et smgly diving aud the an ooking creping ook ud py mind cye the sor of pacer wanted vo ke vrongh tRecamere That ok ont then tere wat ante en yn Son of peeping. a ee woth ding. We evenly Eo ours sorted ot and travelled gi shot continuous fr sx wets, Then we hd the aye So peean ick or mundane rand and wht wo oe Remember we coud the delle becuse hte warn seal «hate dye Th fli wa shipped ck organ, burt would a testa month or ore belore you go eporton whee your nati Crt any good os nots me were shotn inthe da, 8 were “When we werent locaton the shooting Srp wa someting «soled vp ons it af paper in my hand ance we hd the setup had Ee sorcfskehibok which sebelah tie pd etched ox Ine pues of ve ciferent angles rons which we had 0 shoot Por example nthe a eee who thee man come with hi sho ets, ctsed she apparitan, he an cetrol nalea 18: Yew. When we hal we exes, Jo Ty bur asialy Til the phoagegiy. Wea shen si 8: Wht cameras ld you ba eth yu? ‘es A Newnan Sinca siietothat wed hy Harty om law Aran (4934) The lenses were 15° 3", 374" and 1a” Ae tape og ‘a smal gem, and sa rer stanly twhich we hale eve ed) a 1912 model Newman Sinclar alge to have boon used by ‘basket of ie and lowers and gives them ro God, When we were on our ft investigation, son after we got tere, had been to hse snd hha been teriblyimpeeurd by the wigious sumeaphere ther, Tok siting there by mel the oxher people had gone if to look op something ese) and I saw a lite ma come and make his oleteg, ‘nade inqutes and was ic "Ye this fs what they do, This none of a most sacred places in Ceylon. Anyone passing tht way it boond te make an ofering” So though, "Right. Wel, wel do it” But took ws whole day to ot from 730 inthe morning til ehe fight wen. And hit pore rman, whos {cou never apologize enough, had todo ove and ‘over spa. You must remember, these was tis huge ostetop of rock with ll the carvings int which gave ws am oppor ro ohase ‘oom every angle. We could even gr up on top ofthe heads of the seatues and shoot dows. And everthing had to cont rom the itlerene anges simpy becaute you hed vs have sem Woking wt exch ‘other and confronting ech othe from the corect ance prs a ‘uplooking down, and msn kam down laking up nae on er took hte day, But there was no shooting stipe which suit Song of Ceylon and then the shoes. There only 2 poe ‘he ting oom when we pt 18: We collet wing pes: We hi. eat eae oh swore’ ay Gl people jo = ty oating in sing eos It expedion to Anartiy. We had an Craiaty piped and anther wh ery Gly blac ec end wich war very thy te, bone ere wn apa te Ate movement trae» hag ipod ~ oe of he envi Ive ever ia my ie ee — wih compel Bad prea a hongh a os ig ‘You oul! erly move the camera a thogh you were boi in your Rand twat sly df co operate of cone, beat the Tres ee made shoo around. Bo for sours ve nes ba Zything ewes kes gyro bu dn have sy othe etance you gtina gyro. We wed wipds ninety in percent fh cre Had you ued aning, moving camera to this extent, before Song, of Ceylan? sow: My eseing sin shat pum wo much, Batis bee has using a 200m lens. Thank God there were’ any in there das. think people ‘should havea cece lor s0om lenges and be allowed eo use thm only fice a year What about tacking shots Did you have doy? ne: Th import dolly show tthe and ofthe rst eel were done From che hack ofa tein. The erin from Colombo, which goes eight "through this eal hil coun), bad an ebservation plefrm at he tre amt we st fam hae And if dace gem ko be any thes inthe fim, they were probably taken from a matorear of something. At any rate we did’ havea dally (04 Atthe end ofthe fir, the ings amd statue te along ike Soe Images. Were they done inthe eamerat som, They wer ery lang sls. There are two oF thee the lin which the emt of the istalve held = chat he point which he to images (ee one fading out and the one fading) have both rcived ‘acahe cence point and instead of ling the normal process continue, ‘which sorte dissolve to make its way our, eld that ent pt fr sn appreciable ime, maybe eouple of fee. "Th certinly happens onthe dove to the hed of he Brest tue bhi whi your se the le man walking up 5 you hea avery ane clus of the radin Moree code fom the previous rel That wat an Incredibly apd endl elongated dieolve which I wouldnt recommend © cxcepe under very exceptional ctcumstanes. | thoughy it peety aughty of meat the ine but chink it comes ff ‘Ofcourse sie vo da delves ng than send yo be. Ou al had be done in laboratory because tine War yo short wind ack your camera and start gain. (8: And you did all te editing yours? fw: Yes. Although wih mein he exting oom was Wale Leigh, who notonly ror the nic bt dd the hale und eck, Every snd at thar film, except forthe words ofthe commentty which were dine separately, was his orcheal sare, Iti’ a snatch of bitdsog, of 2 dog baking, 0° the oie of ater that et of thing they wee a on ‘he score with the musical ingtament a well I eas 9 usc n sound score, done down split seconds, And Waite, ar composes, ied ‘wah mein the cing tones, he flowed every change the catng ofthe fm, 8: Toe read about the various sound experiments, like running the one backwards and so forth, Exactly bow wore thee ndiedt av: We had two day of oe big recoding seston for the whole film. We hada numberof element: a orcs, sts of etal obits 0 ‘be banged to sound lke eile because wedi’ want them 0 sound ke chorch bells th coi rom the lol schon, becase rete ‘938 singing in some ofthe sis and the choi rom hela core which also did the nos ofthe litle ys leaning to dance They were trained by the two dancers we brought ver from Ceylon to England, ‘who did all the Sinhalese singing and dromming. We sd no sound reconling in Ceylon a al everthing was set So all he smd was pit on in England with the isruments eles hack. 6: How were te sou rcs oi at 1 ws very complicated beauet we had eather primitive sound ‘recording sytem 2nd oaly thee channes or ovr a3 pn ie ed "he proestor. Ie was very salary, “The mumber of sound wack the had to be combined went wp to igh, which was a great problem Because we had vo re-record thee together, and then two ote tog, and then ey to fd thet ‘ahnceherween al of those when yu pr chem altogether A the sound system was, as | said ater Pei and athe noisy telly was done with considerable difcly | think we spent over a weck mixing because we didnt have insta playback. Sound at that ime wat leveled js ike photograph inthe laboratories. Ie eae back the ves dy, youlitened wt and den you Found out whether you'd been Fight of wrong. And i you were wrong and had to Ret your orchestra tack, would com you another 180 poonds sometimes wonder what soe offi it would have been f wed gone 1 Ceylon wich aeice selection of Nagess and ferent mks. But you ‘work within the limitations of yur medium, ‘eS: Howe did you happen to choose te narration and the narrator? nw: | was wandering about narration while was editing the ln, and fad no idea what I would ure, Then one day Twas walking neat the nih Museum and happened to glance into the window of 3 ‘vookshop and sw this book on Ceylon by Robert Knox. As son a5 read iI ealined period’ Bavour wa ast what needed “The vice was thal of Line! lene, our asistane and mentor while we weve shooting, Wendt came ffom a racial group ealedBarghers = Grscendante of ieeetacinges between, the Dutch coerists and the Sinhalese. He was a lawyer, bilan pani and one of the words best phoographer at the ve. He ame hack to Eaglana to help wich the ein and look afer the ‘sto dancers we ha brought ovr forthe sound rack. Quite by ehance, {eed im out reading passages from Koox ad the esl was perfect, “Thi was two days before he was due (0 return 0 Ceylon, 50 we had pte 3 jb completing the cording What about the byt nthe fl? There's constant movement (Rd of dance in itself. Didi come froma sical rytn you may Ihave unconsciously assimilated or wast a more deliberate effort? fs We brought back a lt of rminch gramophone recon. Wale Legh listened to them and to a lot of rita music. He was an incredibly ged comporce (he had stadied under Hindemith in Germany for 4 longtime), and fad this marvellou if or ort of soaking up de Feeling of everthing. For instance, the clanking miss | mentioned we ase forthe bells singing, Wel, ha sequente in el ane when a dh bell re Fngng nd the bird yng, be ws deterined chat there most not bea singe ound which eesembled = Bucpean bel So he atte mel with 3 “THe naivisH woveMeNT 19 soe hammer and shard hamimet and went off to he part of Covent Garden which is fll of metal workers snd went inf shir shops aad ‘aid, "Would you mind if Ubacget some of he things in your shop” So he found all those sounds ofthe diferent sorts of metal ad bought ‘them and brought them batk Th whole sein was draped-wiha gen clothesline on which were hung ll thee misshapen bt of metal which fave the sor of sounds he neded. AAs Tor the visual rhythms, there was what I would calla bit of Faherty shooting: you anpate + movement and tat moving our tamera x moment elre te movement you watt ging take place dont know how that happens just nine Batis ery if se-desesmine whi came tT ink the Da hy of the lm came from the pitures but swe started shape the Blin ard as Thad Walter Leigh in the curing Foor all he Se, tn ese a8 fo how the msc sgt develop would exh bck ont he iting ech nT mht rake cetin aeration inthe euting, you mean the cythm of manage, ll shiscame, L suppor, through experience and through baving. been very strongly inloeace, by senscin, The thee people, apa from Green, who infenced me were Robert Flaher, Alesander Dovshenko, and Exentei = and ‘crmcn bees of hi deel monrage and al hie theories, which slid exeremey vali, 5 Sout of Ceylot is often autocad with the work of Robert ‘Haber. Do you fel be restynenced you? 18: Very much so. Been tremendously impressed with Nanook of ‘The North and Moana. And we had had the ery gd cme the [EME Film Unit o persuade Faherty ta come 9nd work with ofr 8 "Hew kind enough to come o location with me om the Bs la rer directed, The Country Comes £0 Toon ~ which was abot what you wel find f you though abot what wns Behind the ste fo your doorstep or the pece of ment atthe butchers what has happend, who's produce whe ones from and hha. nd was marvellous having hiv on lesion with ve He never mad criticism he just emarked on thoes His wonderful eee wee sing, ‘nd aught you how 9 Se paral camer, in ferent wy cs: Canyouesplainuhatyoumeanby' merous ine diferm way? fe: When yas lack at something with your atm ayes youve gat [binocular vison your vision goes ut quite long way ache id. Fou ook at something through the ee of the camera, it a narrow vision. ‘Another pointabourieisthattheeye of thecamers as no bain tehing i is usa piece of machinery: when you's looking through yor oh ‘yes you have a brain which i aking i 3 ref extraneous materia ‘bic you might noi ace, want. The cartra narrows dove, but he reapers arate what yoosee with yur eye neo ahe cornet Fane’ of vision which you can make the camera give ou. This was laherey rea genius and this ita learned it ito rom ine Cs: [now Greron was an enormously dynamic perso to have as @ {oss and find, and | nso been eaorony ford of ti ls What ots bi specie ole, other than sending you off and handing you ow expense money? 8 Giron wat very great man, and maybe the pene fend Teer Soi ke prods ewe tlrlymartrou: ew oh Teer when Iwas et working for iT wan dread, When ou ‘rere shooting film for hi head 0 see your des ery day You'd Come hack int th so ache dates vould eprocecd overigh, Sn Gears woud come te them, The wort sign wou be fhe ‘fa sy anyding and ost param te Pooe You koe You 0B inc carly ee or ne acd, sonty bade reat are tHe wae pet hal am per yu sn ensmle gets ar profi we go she tnge st whi sido hn Here the ial ut forthe ln fendygoothelab tobe process = its negative cat and showed t {shin heights went and hes, Yous be mad What thoy meant nd esd sel ou commited a sete ‘unde which you sil ever forgive your for les you po fa a8 "han So yoo ean” Re ad ae ne, et ths wth wee ee ine)" ht le man goer aay {ea gray the Ba yo cut aii 0 tote pope cht tender and on dancing say Ie ad Bang ike tha, Wel, you're throwing way the drama ofthe dane "Walt was prey exbased by that time (been woking onthe 6 fe stent 2 ent and we a et appaing cos sein 8 ‘ouring and aly Samm of and go yea an we hoe Savin my Tat dking whiskey for ee days and mot seeing anybods. Bur then on che cid dy a though sep tmp min 4 took some of thos sentences which were spoken the mourtain a the «nd ofthe film and illustrated the with sequence I hadn't ue athe men geting eady for the dance and other sho of people coming 3nd _etng ready to watch th dance, i would bes marvellous anteceane ‘othe endo he ln! Sol rushed back tothe stdin themida the night and worked all igh. When Griezn care inthe next mornin E howe him the la el again and hea, There you ares Buc the point is this: he did’ do it freed mew id someting} Aid’ know had. edd eto danbe jun sadmade absote lasing mes ofthe hing and had op righ. And he we ope. 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